Ground game under scrutiny:what it’s like to cover a marginal seat campaign

Ground game under scrutiny:what it’s like to cover a marginal seat campaign

The Age covered three key Melbourne seats in great detail,to report on the national campaign through the prism of a local contest. Here’s what it was like.

  • byClay Lucas

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How your vote changed the face of Melbourne

How your vote changed the face of Melbourne

Four Melbourne seats won by independent and Labor women contributed to the Coalition’s downfall,while another hangs in the balance.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Labor seizes Chisholm as marginal Melbourne seat swings against government

Labor seizes Chisholm as marginal Melbourne seat swings against government

Carina Garland set to take the eastern-suburbs seat,holding a commanding lead over sitting Liberal MP Gladys Liu.

  • byClay Lucas
Union-run phone banks and robo-calls in Mandarin:Behind the scenes in Chisholm

Union-run phone banks and robo-calls in Mandarin:Behind the scenes in Chisholm

This is what they call the “ground game” in one of Australia’s most marginal seats.

  • byClay Lucas
Andrews outshines Albo in ultra-marginal Chisholm

Andrews outshines Albo in ultra-marginal Chisholm

Anthony Albanese has silenced claims he is avoiding Daniel Andrews on the hustings. The downside? Andrews showed him what political cut-through looks like.

  • byClay Lucas
Albanese poised to pledge billions to Andrews’ signature rail project

Albanese poised to pledge billions to Andrews’ signature rail project

A federal Labor government would contribute at least $2.2b to Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop,a project the Morrison government has argued doesn’t stack up.

  • byPaul Sakkal
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边缘选区Chisholm:谁正赢下微信战场?提示:或许让您出乎意料

边缘选区Chisholm:谁正赢下微信战场?提示:或许让您出乎意料

Chisholm联邦议员廖婵娥承诺停用微信账号,此前莫里森总理公众账号被转手。如今工党在这一中国社交媒体巨头上更为活跃。

  • byPaul Sakkal andZihan Zhang
And the WeChat winner in marginal Chisholm is ... not who you’d expect

And the WeChat winner in marginal Chisholm is ... not who you’d expect

Member for Chisholm,Gladys Liu,pledged to stop using her WeChat account after Scott Morrison’s profile was taken over. Labor is now much more active on the Chinese-owned social media giant.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Morrison,Frydenberg say Labor ad targeting Gladys Liu is racist

Morrison,Frydenberg say Labor ad targeting Gladys Liu is racist

“What do we know about Liberal Gladys Liu?” a male voice says in the ad,with an ominous-sounding background track.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Labor to target Gladys Liu on national security credentials
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Labor to target Gladys Liu on national security credentials

Labor will pay for ads on Facebook,Google ads,YouTube and Instagram to remind as many residents of Box Hill,Chadstone,Burwood and surrounds about Liu’s record.

  • byPaul Sakkal
‘池鱼之殃’:中国之辩如何影响关键选区的华裔澳大利亚人

‘池鱼之殃’:中国之辩如何影响关键选区的华裔澳大利亚人

The Age has translated into simplified Chinese characters its story discussing the issues that Australians of Chinese heritage are weighing in the lead up to the Federal election in the crucial swing seat of Chisholm.

  • byPaul Sakkal